Some local heroes are making their way to Dallas to pay their final respects to their brothers in blue.Members of the Albuquerque Police Honor Guard are leaving the Albuquerque Sunport at 5:30 a.m. Wednesday to attend the funerals of the fallen Dallas police officers.“When you think about police officers, nowadays in society, people think of them in different ways. I've always thought of a police officer as a philanthropist and the Dallas Police Department just proved that,” said APD officer Daren Deaguero. He said this is a time when the community and their officers need to unite and stand together.APD said it has been in this a similar situation, most recently last fall with the death of officer Daniel Webster.The nation showed its support of Webster, and officers from all over made their way to Albuquerque to honor Webster and the Albuquerque Police Department. Deaguero said it’s time for APD to do the same. “Every honor guard, whether it's our team or across the nation, they feel like these people need to be honored in such a way because of what they're doing out there and for their community. They really need to be honored,” said Deaguero.Four members of APD’s Honor Guard were selected to go to Dallas. Three leave early Wednesday morning and the fourth will leave Thursday. Action 7 News learned that Southwest Airlines is providing the officers and several others around the nation with free flights to Dallas for the funerals.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —

Some local heroes are making their way to Dallas to pay their final respects to their brothers in blue.

Members of the Albuquerque Police Honor Guard are leaving the Albuquerque Sunport at 5:30 a.m. Wednesday to attend the funerals of the fallen Dallas police officers.

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“When you think about police officers, nowadays in society, people think of them in different ways. I've always thought of a police officer as a philanthropist and the Dallas Police Department just proved that,” said APD officer Daren Deaguero. He said this is a time when the community and their officers need to unite and stand together.

APD said it has been in this a similar situation, most recently last fall with the death of officer Daniel Webster.

The nation showed its support of Webster, and officers from all over made their way to Albuquerque to honor Webster and the Albuquerque Police Department. Deaguero said it’s time for APD to do the same. “Every honor guard, whether it's our team or across the nation, they feel like these people need to be honored in such a way because of what they're doing out there and for their community. They really need to be honored,” said Deaguero.

Four members of APD’s Honor Guard were selected to go to Dallas. Three leave early Wednesday morning and the fourth will leave Thursday. Action 7 News learned that Southwest Airlines is providing the officers and several others around the nation with free flights to Dallas for the funerals.